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Well I've finished my bike and I took it for a long ride with my dad saturday. It was about 200 miles give or take. The bike did great but I've got some neck pain today. Have any of you guys had to combat this problem? If so what's worked for you? Or do you see any big problems in my set up?
Anyway, it might be because of the long ride. Did you play hard on the bike? Were you finding yourself holding tight on the bars? Is there a fork brace on there, I cannot see it?
I find on a good long ride where I played a bit, my shoulders, collar bone and part of me upper spine in my neck can get quite sore. Takes a few days to get passed it for me. Ibuprofen may help reduce some of the swelling of the joints n stuff.
I do have a Chiropractor that I have been visiting for some time time now. It does not help that she firigging hot too!
Maybe it is a sign that you are having some spinal trouble and it is bringing it out on the long ride. Just throwing that out there.
Yes I'm that guy from the sohc board Anyways I wear a Scorpion exo 750 full face do-dad, with the air pump cheek pads and what not. This trip was done on the bare fiber glass too. I've slapped some 1" foam on it for now, but I haven't rode it since I did that. Hopefully that will fix everything ;D My elbows didn't hurt a bit. Just some muscle pain in my neck from looking up all day. Besides the bit of neck pain I love the bike. It looks pretty mean looking and sounds a lot freakin meaner than it really is.
U have a long torso and long arms and ur seat back is too close to the tank which makes ur back a concave curve and ur neck convex.. U need to move ur seat back a bit further to the rear of the bike,get some bars that are flatter and straighten out ur spine or get a hottie chiropracter and visit her after every ride.lol.bj
might even consider a tank bag for longer rides if your plan on keeping low bars. Might not help you neck but you can rest your arms by laying on the bag if it has enough junk in it. Taller bars or A shorter reach would probably help you as well, but like it's been said, cafe isn't for touring. Although I have a buddy that would ride about anything anywhere for any length of time. He isn't human He road a bike, I couldnt ride around the block, 1500 miles each way (had a plywood seat with 1/4" of foam). He never complained once.
I've come to the conclusion that I can't ride a bike with rearsets. If my feet are up under me (stock/mids) I'm way more comfortable. That's even with clipons or clubmans. I have a bad back and bad wrists. Guess each person is different and you have to figure out what you like and what your willing to live with.
Can't tell if you haave cliip ons or a tubular handlebar. I use a superbike low baar gives me about a 2.5" rise which doesn't force me to bend my neck back to see ahead. It still give me a little soreness, but goes away after regular riding.
Well the 1" dense foam pad helped a lot. Like night and day difference. For now I'm going to give this pad an honest chance, and just try something else if it doesn't work.
Many of the long distance cruisers will have a spinal relief cut out of the pad. I have had that done to my big cruiser along with some other stuff and it is now an 8+ hour seat. I am not saying the spinal relief will give that much but it will help. The idea is that it will take the pressure off of your spine and distribute it more to the butt bones.
AND with that helmet you are using neck muscles that you haven't used in a while. Just like with any other activity, they will strengthen as you use them more.
you need to move your pegs and ass about 6" forward more than likely... the way you're positioned, it would be like wearing a helmet and staring at the ceiling for a couple hours, it's not ergonomic at all...
Yeah those rear sets and seat aren't moving. I sit up a bit higher with that foam pad and that makes it more comfy along with the cushioning. It's going to work just fine for now. I think the biggest problem with my 200 mile trip was doing it on bare flat fiberglass.
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